GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
LEUKE (island in Byzantium and the Propontis)
Romanian island in the Black Sea
- Also called
- Snake Island
- Kind of place
- Island
- Region
- Byzantium and the Propontis
- People of myth here
- Achilles
- Where
- 45.26° N, 30.20° E
Leuke, the island where Achilles lives on after death and is worshipped. Euripides, Andromache 1231-1283 Leuce is found opposite to the promontory of Itanum. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.20 ¶3
Described in the sources
Leuce Acte is located in Africa. Strabo 10.5.17 The island is situated opposite to the location of Cydonia. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.20 ¶3 It lies approximately four thousand stadia distant from Carpathus. Strabo 10.5.17 Leuce is located on the north side of the region with Crete to its right. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.20 ¶3